Lorenzo Zane. Born in Venice on 6/5/1970, Italian citizen, married with children: Anita and Nicola. Full Professor BIO/07 Ecology since October 1, 2017 Department of Biology – University of Padua ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6963-2132 • Representative of the School of Science on the University Commission for Teaching Quality Assurance • Chair of the National Qualification Committee (ASN) for sector 05/C1 Ecology • University of Padua representative at CONISMA • Lecturer in Ecology, Molecular Ecology, and Population Ecology and Genetics. Over 2000 hours of classroom teaching delivered as course coordinator. Student evaluations always very positive • Winner of the "Felice Ippolito" award of the National Antarctic Research Program awarded by the Accademia dei Lincei • Author of 113 papers in journals with Impact Factor. Total IF over 400, 5582 citations in ISI journals, H index = 35 (Scopus, April 2025). LZ has published in Nature, PNAS, and top journals in the field including Molecular Ecology, Diversity and Distributions, MEPS, CJFAS • The paper Zane et al. (Mol Ecol 2002) was designated "Fast Breaking Paper" by ISI in the Environment/Ecology field. 1557 citations (Scopus, April 2025) • Reviewer for 22 international journals and two international research agencies. Molecular Ecology top reviewer 2012 and 2014. Academic Editor of PLoS One and Frontiers in Marine Science. • PI or co-PI of over 15 National and International research projects, including 4 PRIN projects, one as coordinator n• Evaluator for MIUR of PRIN projects, Futuro in Ricerca, and VQR products.

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Molecular Ecology, Population genetics, Evolutionary Biology, Marine Biology, Fisheries, Conservation

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